Idea Starts

• Poem - Read poetry and have students write their own poem using vocabulary words, spelling words, and or high frequency words.
• Pictures - Pictures of animals, people, cartoons, seasons, nature, etc. can be shown to students to encourage ideas for writing ideas.
• Wordless books - A wordless book can be shown to students and students choose a page and write their own story for the page.
• Objects - Objects can be shown to students or hide objects in a bag, to have students use their five senses to describe the object. Try and have students describe the object without naming the object and have the class guess what the object is that is being described in the writing.
• Holidays - Talk to students about a holiday and have the students write about the holiday and their traditions.
• Guest speakers/Interviews - Have students write about a guest speaker that has come to the classroom or school. Have students interview another student or family member and write about the interview.
• Field Trip - Have students write about a field trip.

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